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Exclusive economic zones of the countries claiming an interest in the dispute.

Several states have claimed interests over the sea bed adjoining Rockall, an uninhabitable granite islet which is located within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the United Kingdom. Ireland, Denmark, Iceland, and the United Kingdom have all made submissions to the commission set up under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

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Rockall Bank dispute

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continental shelf." The convention was ratified by all four states in dispute over the Rockall Plateau – Iceland on 26 January 1985, Ireland on 21 January 1996...

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Rockall Basin

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Faroe Islands (a possession of Denmark). This topic is addressed in Rockall Bank dispute. The area supports cold water coral colonies and carbonate mound...

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Rockall

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Rockall (/ˈrɒkɔːl/) is an uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its territorial...

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List of territorial disputes

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'reclaims' Europe's highest mountain". Independent. "Who owns Rockall? A history of disputes over a tiny Atlantic island". The Irish Times. 8 June 2019....

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Terra nullius

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September 1955: Britain claims Rockall". On This Day. BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. "Island Of Rockall Act 1972" (PDF). legislation.gov...

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List of islands of the United Kingdom

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British Isles after Great Britain and Ireland) Orkney Mainland pig Shetland Rockall Hiort or Hirta Boreray (disambiguation) Stac Lee Vatersay Eriskay Grimsay...

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Annexation

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to have annexed that area. On 18 September 1955 at precisely 10:16 am, Rockall was declared officially annexed by the British Crown when Lieutenant-Commander...

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Foreign relations of Iceland

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the other hand, concerning claims to the continental shelf in the Hatton–Rockall area of the North Atlantic under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea...

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List of islands of Scotland

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Quality of Life survey. Rockall is a small rocky islet in the North Atlantic which was declared part of Scotland by the Island of Rockall Act 1972. However...

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Atlantic Ocean

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Iceland and Faroes Grounds; Rockall, Northwest Coast of Scotland, and North Ireland; Irish Sea, West of Ireland, Porcupine Bank, and eastern and western...

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Geography of Scotland

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and Galloway West: Either Rockall (annexed in 1972 to the former Inverness-shire), the international status of which is disputed, or Soay, St. Kilda, Western...

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List of micronations

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September 2019. "Army veteran aims to set new world record for longest stay on Rockall". BBC News. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023. "It's Good to Be King"...

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Ocean

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P. K.; Griffiths, C. R.; Kent, E. (2006). "Were extreme waves in the Rockall Trough the largest ever recorded?". Geophysical Research Letters. 33 (5):...

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Law of the United Kingdom

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Orkney and Shetland, the Hebrides and, by virtue of the Island of Rockall Act 1972, Rockall. "United Kingdom" means Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

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Geography of Ireland

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feature is Inishtrahull island, off Malin Head. Rockall Island lies farther north but its status is disputed, being claimed by the United Kingdom, Republic...

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Dashmesh Regiment

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Vas, Lt Gen EA; Kathpalia, Lt Gen PN; Bakshi, G. D.; Kanwal, Gurmeet; Rockall, George; Kaushik, Brig OP; Saksena, Col KP; Tiwathia, Maj Vijay; Joshi...

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Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal

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he discovered and charted Vidal bank, and the next year became the first to accurately chart and describe Rockall. Vidal sailed aboard HMS Aetna in...

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Outer Hebrides

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men of Ness. The status of Rockall, which is 367 kilometres (228 mi) to the west of North Uist and which the Island of Rockall Act 1972 decreed to be a...

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List of first human settlements

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2023. Written answers, Dublin: Oireachtas, retrieved 29 January 2018 "Rockall". Scotland.gov. Atlas of the Human Journey – National Geographic Journey...

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Charles Haughey

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the IRA. 78 were arrested the following day, and 80 a day later as the dispute escalated. The general public was supportive of the farmers, who were not...

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Marine plastic pollution

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subtidal sediments. A 2017 study had a similar finding – by surveying the Rockall Trough in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean at a depth of more than 2200 meters...

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Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom

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has the power to annex territory, as was done in 1955 with the island of Rockall. Once territory has been annexed, the monarch has complete discretion as...

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Constitution of the United Kingdom

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Appeal Act 1995 s 16 e.g. the Island of Rockall was seized in 1955, and later recognised in the Island of Rockall Act 1972. See R (Lye) v Kent JJ [1967]...

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